What if you discovered that you had devoted your whole life to trying to please God, but had done just the opposite? Today on Solid Joys, John Piper exhorts us to satisfy our thirst in God alone.
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“I am finite. I am fallible. I am sinful. I need God to speak to me. He has chosen to do that through his apostles in the Bible. One of those books is 1 Corinthians, and we are now about to listen to God.” —John Piper https://t.co/5ttVylBqbe
How does real change happen in the Christian life? John Piper opens Romans 15:14–21 to show how the Spirit and the word awaken obedience by grace. https://t.co/WCzLoW3g17
When life gets hard, what happens to your joy? Can you still praise God — even if the pain doesn’t go away?
Real joy isn’t found in comfort, safety, or easy circumstances. Real joy is found in God himself.
Message: “Treasure God, Magnify Christ, Love People”
“Why does the church have only a marginal impact upon America today? Partly because we take sins of inaction lightly. We build homes, but not the church; make money, but not disciples; win luxuries for earth, but not souls for heaven.” —Greg Morse https://t.co/xzocCbyal4
Do you imagine God as a judge? Or as a bridegroom, rejoicing over you like a groom over his bride? Today on Solid Joys, John Piper opens Isaiah 62:5 to show God’s unwavering love for us. With him, the honeymoon never ends.
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“It is possible to have a kind of zeal for God that loves the external forms of Christianity but does not love God.” —John Piper https://t.co/BFyaOIdwBS
What holds you steady when everything else shakes? John Piper opens Ephesians 1:11–14 to show that God seals believers so they rest secure in his love and power. https://t.co/QkJDf1sYaq
“The Lord will again take delight in prospering you.” But does God really take joy in blessing us? Today on Solid Joys, John Piper answers that question from Deuteronomy 30:9. God’s mercy operates on a hair trigger — he is eager and quick to bless us.
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“Look around you at people and stars and food and technology and imagine how happy you would be to have these things stranded on a desert island.”
Clinton Manley offers a thought experiment to reawaken gratitude for the gifts we take for granted. https://t.co/S0Dwg8ezvC
Who killed Jesus? You may be surprised by the answer. Today on Solid Joys, John Piper looks at Romans 8:32 and talks about God’s decision to not spare his own Son. “It was the only way he could spare us and still be a just and holy God.”
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“Faith, because it promises everything we need, takes away all fear and greed.”
John Piper steps back from Paul’s letter to Philemon, focusing on the type of Christian it takes to fulfill a request like Paul’s. https://t.co/93KRrBBH7n
“God made poetry and music — song — because God values human feelings. Strong, positive feelings for God glorify him more than true words about God that carry no affections.” —John Piper https://t.co/B4F7QeUraI
Tomorrow isn’t promised. But grace is offered to you today.
Don’t keep delaying what your soul most deeply needs. Christ is ready to save, ready to forgive, ready to make you new.
Read “Tomorrow May Be Too Late” by Greg Morse.
“Even healthy marriages undergo common temptations that put a wedge in the covenant. It matters greatly whether we do the work to remove the wedge or whether we hit it with a hammer.” —Benjamin Vrbicek https://t.co/9tv464czEv
“I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” —Luke 18:14